JIM PARKER

Vocals, Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Keyboards

Jim is a veteran singer/songwriter with over 30 years in the business. His career has included working with THE POLK-A-DOT DOOR television show, as well as CBC's MR. DRESSUP where he was a writer, puppeteer and regular guest.

ARTEMIS CHARTIER

Vocals, Flute, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards

Artemis is a singer/songwriter with her own solo album "More Light", and is a flutist, keyboard and guitar player with the band. Artemis has been a vocal music, guitar, and high school teacher, and is also the Co-founder of SASS, the School Alliance of Student Songwriters, a program designed to foster literacy and self-expression, which has been offered free to youth in over 50 Canadian schools since 2003.

RAY GAUVIN

6 & 12 String Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica

Ray has been a songwriter and guitar player for many years working on his craft, using tasty melodic guitar lines and and catchy choruses. You can find Ray in the studio recording with the No Comment band, or folk/rock artist Jacques Gouldreault as a session guitarist.

HEATHER SULLIVAN

Keyboards, Vocals

Heather has been honing her keyboarding skills since the age of 5. She has accompanied several choirs and a variety of bands over the past 25 years and toured Canada and the United States. In her spare time, weight lifting is a must in order to carry Jim's keyboards. Joining the "GENUINES" this past year has been a dream come true as well as a welcome challenge.

KARL RIGLEHOF

Bass, Vocals

Karl has been in many bands over his illustrious career, and hopes that his eclectic taste in music brings a new spark to The Genuines musical engine.

CARL PAUFF

Drums, Percussion

Carl, aka "the Bear", the newest addition to The Genuines roster, is a native of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. He started playing the drums in 1975 at the age of 11. By age 13, still a long way from the legal drinking age, he was performing live in clubs throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania. During the next 5 years and several roster changes his bands Destroyer, Amber and Caliber covered many of the popular rock songs of the day with a few of their own tunes worked into the set list. One of these songs, a story about the loss of two local boys in a terrible car crash was played by the band to an estimated 1 million people during a live television performance in support of a children's charity. The performance generated thousands of dollars in pledges and the band was asked to do an encore performance later in the evening with equally staggering results.

After this musical highlight, Carl took leave of the music industry to serve in the US Marines for 9 years. Those 9 years turned into a 25 year hiatus from performing. Although the music stayed with him in his soul, life had a way of getting in the way of what he really wanted to do: perform. Throughout the last few years, Carl has returned to his drum kit and is honored to be performing with the fine musicians of the Genuines.